Climate and resource efficient renovation with a life cycle perspective

More than half of the building stock´s climate impact in Sweden relates to the maintenance and renovation of existing buildings. Despite this, knowledge about how different strategies and routines affect climate impact and resource use in renovation projects is limited. To reduce this impact, it is also important to understand renovations in a life cycle perspective, so that actions do not unintentionally shorten the lifespan of buildings.

By combining quantitative methods, which provide measurable insights into embodied carbon in renovations, and qualitative methods that explore the processes behind renovation decisions, this project aims to develop recommendations for climate- and resource-efficient building renovations. The project develops systematic and up-to-date knowledge on embodied carbon and resource use of existing buildings, which supports property owners in implementing strategies that consider the life cycle perspective in the renovation process.

A refernce group with representatives from Svenska Bostäder, Framtiden, Sveriges Allmännytta, Klimatarena Stockholm, Göteborgs plattform för klimatneutralt byggande, Boverket och WSP is associated with the project.